Tibet news
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Dalai Lama’s Last Escort on his 1959 escape from Tibet dies.
According to his former regiment, the last surviving member of a tiny squad of Indian soldiers who followed the Dalai Lama as he fled Tibet in 1959 has died at the age of 85. After a 13-day walk through the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to avoid detection by Chinese troops, the Tibetan spiritual leader…
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China is Terrified by Support for Tibet
According to the CTA, the growing support for Tibet’s independence has intimidated China,” in response to reports that the Chinese Embassy in India wrote to MPs who attended a meeting of the All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet on December 22. The Government in exile said in a statement that it openly welcomes talks with…
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Chinese embassy warns Indian legislators for attending a Tibet-related event.
The Chinese embassy has sent an angry letter to some Indian parliamentarians and ministers who attended a meeting hosted by the Tibetan government in exile. Jairam Ramesh, Manish Tiwari, Sujeet Kumar, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Ramdas Athawale, and Maneka Gandhi were among the Indian MPs that attended the meeting.
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Dalai Lama’s succession talks have drawn attention to Karmapa
The continuing debate in Tibetan and Indian circles over the Dalai Lama succession plan has refocused attention on the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who has lived in the United States since 2017. In August, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang stated that India was “positively considering” the Karmapa’s return from the United States. He…
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Tibetans gather in Dharamshala for a vigil, calling on China to halt its “repressive actions in Tibet.”
Tibetans staged a candlelight vigil here on Tuesday in support of a crisis situation in Kham Drago, Central Tibet, and called on China to halt its harsh actions in the region.
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Dalai Lama wrote condolence letter to Tutu’s daughter
His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote a letter to Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu, as soon as he received word that his “respected elder spiritual brother and good friend” Archbishop Desmond Tutu had died, according to tibet.net.
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Tibetan bikers are urging India’s government to boycott the Winter Olympics.
A group of 15 Tibetan bikers protesting the Winter Olympics, which will be hosted in Beijing next year, said China did not deserve to host the games, which promote world unity and peace, and asked the Indian government to boycott the event. The Tibetans, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Sunday, drew attention to the Chinese…
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China banns family visits for Tibetan political detainees
According to RFA who cited Tibetan sources, authorities in western China’s Sichuan and Qinghai provinces have banned family visits for Tibetan political detainees, citing fears about the spread of COVID-19.
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Tenzin Tsundue has finished his 127-day Himalayan trek.
Tenzin Tsundue, has finished an epic trip that took him through one Union territory and four Himalayan states to raise awareness about China’s 70-year occupation of Tibet and the security threat it poses to India. Tsundue, a Tibetan independence activist and writer, said that during the 127-day journey, which spanned 20,000 kilometers, he realized that…
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Tibetans may soon suffer the same fate as Uyghurs: Sikyong.
According to Sikyong, there is a palpable dread that Tibetans may suffer the same fate as Uyghurs and Hong Kong residents. The visit of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping to Tibet in May 2020 was nominally unimportant, but the undercurrents hinted at a deeper goal. In terms of control, there has been an increase in intensity.…